Location: Vancouver, WA Type: Contract Job #7625 Overview: ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client.This Project Manager 3 position will provide project management support and assistance to the assigned organization through facilitating major process improvement initiatives resulting in advancements in Asset Management capabilities. This position will collaborate with key staff, sponsors, management, stakeholders, and executives in the coordination and implementation of efforts critical to the daily delivery of asset management activities.This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA. Pay rate: $51.53 - $73.62 Benefits: Paid holidays: 11 PTO: Starting at 10 days Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date) EAP: Employee Assistance Program Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%) Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks, Brio Health Responsibilities: Support and facilitate manager-assigned project, and/or multiple projects, from beginning to end in collaboration with senior management, external industry entities and stakeholders, by providing expert support on the PMI-based project management methodology, best practices, and internal skill development as requested by and with guidance from the manager, team lead or other personnel with the authority to do so, including: Support and facilitate the development of the business process and data requirements for the Transmission Asset value chain (acquire, operate, maintain, dispose) for Transmission. Draft business cases for value and risk-based asset management initiatives and securing approvals for implementation. Provide recommendations and insight to the manager for the development of an annual planning cycle for multi-million-dollar expense and capital budget by gathering information and coordinating input from subject matter experts in planning, maintenance management, analysis, and finance. Coordinate and implement various complex management initiatives that require senior level project management support and leadership through the formulation of plans and activities to meet milestones and deliverables. Provide support and recommendations in the development of clear vision and scope statements for the asset management capabilities roadmap concerning improvement initiatives. Provide support and recommendations in the creation of clear problem statements associated with current capabilities, processes, and systems. Identify asset management performance gaps and working to develop and implement corrective actions. Provide direct support, advice and recommendations to front-line managers and supervisors as they help their staff adapt new and standard processes and concepts. Provide support in developing and tracking targets. Prepare full-scale project plans, resource strategies, and providing funding estimates required to advance each defined effort. Identify the necessary subject matter experts needed during the project. Facilitate and maintain consistent communication with the project sponsor, performance managers, subject matter experts and clients on the progress of projects versus the plans. Work as primary point of contact on other project teams to provide asset management perspective. Support scope definition, tracking and management. Gather business requirements and conducting needs analysis from various stakeholder perspectives. Provide gap analysis from the "as is" to the "to be" state. Implement Organizational Design and Change Management requirements. Provide implementation planning, including optimizing milestones and building upon success